So Many Uses: Vinegar

Vinegar easily makes my â€œwhat would you bring to a desert islandâ€™ list â€“ the practical version anyway. At less than four dollars for a gallon jug, white distilled vinegar offers a myriad of uses that can easily replace costly and harsh pesticides and chemicals.

Vinegar can be found throughout my home whether in its original jug in the basement, the filled spray bottle in the cupboard or the dainty cruet on the kitchen counter. Even more than its low-cost, I like the idea of cleaning with something that has no warning-paragraph. There is no fear from vinegar accidently getting sprayed on foods or tooth brushes, in fact, you can spray it on foods and toothbrushes.

Vinegar easily makes my “what would you bring to a desert island’ list — the practical version anyway. At less than four dollars for a gallon jug, white distilled vinegar offers a myriad of uses that can easily replace costly and harsh pesticides and chemicals.

Vinegar can be found throughout my home whether in its original jug in the basement, the filled spray bottle in the cupboard or the dainty cruet on the kitchen counter. Even more than its low-cost, I like the idea of cleaning with something that has no warning-paragraph. There is no fear from vinegar accidently getting sprayed on foods or tooth brushes, in fact, you can spray it on foods and toothbrushes.

Here is a list of some of my top uses for vinegar

From the jug:

Add Â½ cup to the wash cycle as a fabric softener and laundry booster

Add 1 cup of vinegar to every gallon of water to wash no-wax vinyl or linoleum floors
Added bonus: ants and spiders don’t like vinegar so as you wash your floors you are repelling these pests

From the spray bottle:

Spray weeds and grass growing in unwanted places such as cracks of walkways and driveways

Spray or pour vinegar on ant hills to eliminate them

Wash windows and bathroom mirrors

Use on metal fixtures to restore shine

Clean kitchen and bathroom countertops

Wipe the insides of reusable lunch bags

Lightly spray as insect repellant

Spray and wipe to clean the inside of microwaves and toaster ovens

Follow manufacturer instructions to clean a coffee pot

Wipe toys clean

Clean the inside of the car from top to bottom

From the cruet:

For salads, of course

Sprinkle onto a paper towel to wipe telephones, cell phones and other small hand-held devices

There are hundreds more uses, simply do an online search for resources.

6 comments

I love to put vinegar & water in a coffee cup, toss it into the microwave for a few minutes and let her rip (even if it boils over its not a big deal). The combination of the steam and wonder-cleaner loosens even the nastiest baked on messes making it a breeze to wipe out. Also straight vinegar or a solution of vinegar & a nail brush is the BEST grout cleaner I have ever used. Happy, healthy cleaning ladies.

I love vinegar, Elyse! I have a spray bottle for countertops in the kitchen, and in the bathrooms I have a spray bottle that’s a mixture of 1/2 water, 1/2 vinegar, and about a capful of CitraSolv, and that’s my cleaning solution (for floors, too). You can’t spray the CitraSolv on food, of course, but it makes the bathroom smell wonderful. Oh, and if you ever happen to get pantry moths, after cleaning out the cupboards and before putting everything back in, spray vinegar all over the place and liberally into the cracks. It kills the eggs. (Information I wish I didn’t have to know!!)

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